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Missouri takes aim at Baylor for Big 12 finale

Seth Boster • March 9, 2012

The Big 12 Conference Tournament championship game will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday in Kansas City and so many expected that the Border Showdown between top-seeded Kansas and Missouri would survive a little...

New Orleans executives anything but Saints

Alex Smith • March 9, 2012

Coach Sean Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis should not be heading the New Orleans Saints right now. The Saints took their first step back toward the NFL’s boondocks this week when news broke...

Smith’s building project peaks with Big 12 wrestling title

Matthew Fairburn • March 9, 2012

Much has changed since 1998, when coach Brian Smith took over the Missouri wrestling program. Smith inherited a Missouri team that had not had a winning season since the 1991-92 campaign. In his first...

Home opener offers welcomed relief for tired Tigers

Matthew Flores • March 9, 2012

It’s been 27 days and just more than 5,000 miles since the Missouri softball team last took the field in Columbia. The Feb. 11 black and gold exhibition might seem like a whole season away for a team...

Tigers ‘Sprint’ past Cowboys in Big 12 Tournament opener

Ryan Hood • March 8, 2012

Following a Wednesday night victory over Texas Tech, Oklahoma State seemed out of gas, and No. 5 Missouri wouldn’t let off it. The Tigers (28-4) ran up and down the court at a blistering pace in Thursday...

A title to last: MU wrestling claims first Big 12 championship

Matthew Fairburn • March 6, 2012

When Brian Smith was first introduced as Missouri’s wrestling coach back in May of 1998, he told everyone he would make the Tigers Big 12 Conference champions. People laughed. On Saturday, nearly...

In today’s offensive NFL, Drew Brees is worth the buck

Mark Bergin • March 6, 2012

Twenty years ago, Drew Brees would not be worth $14.4 million. Brees would never have been able to break Dan Marino’s single season record for passing yards. But in today’s NFL, the New Orleans Saints...

Frank Haith named AP Big 12 Coach of the Year

Nate Atkins • March 6, 2012

After winning a program-record 27 regular season games and 14 Big 12 Conference games with seven scholarship players in his first year, the rewards were bound to come for Missouri men’s basketball coach...

Missouri bats get the ball rolling in opening weekend

Brandon Grammer • March 6, 2012

Missouri baseball hasn’t exactly come out of the gates running. The Tigers, picked to finish fifth in the league by the Big 12 Conference preseason poll, dropped four of their first six games on the...

Missouri preps for one last Big 12 Tournament run

Nate Atkins • March 6, 2012

Kim English remembers the one and only time Missouri won the Big 12 Conference Tournament, back when a 2009 run branded the Elite Eight-bound Missouri Tigers as the talk of the league. It was the last...

Missouri evens record with 14-4 victory over Nebraska-Omaha

Ian Frazer • March 6, 2012

Freshman Brett Graves’ starting pitching debut for Missouri was not off to a favorable start Tuesday at Taylor Stadium. He had allowed singles to the first two Nebraska-Omaha batters, and a walk loaded...

Missouri cruises to series victory over Ball State

Brandon Grammer • March 4, 2012

The Missouri baseball team closed out a three-game series against the Ball State Cardinals with a commanding 9-2 victory Sunday at Taylor Stadium. After dropping their home opener, the Tigers (4-5) responded...